Action for a greener, healthier America

We testified to support expanding protections for North America's only barrier reef

This month, we spoke out for the world's third-largest coral reef, right off the coast of Florida. Read our February blog to see why this place is so special.

Renewables on the Rise

Clean energy is sweeping across America and is poised for more dramatic growth in the coming years.

Plastic 'nurdles' are filling our oceans — but this bill would hold plastics companies accountable

They're tiny pellets used to make most plastic products, and about 9,200 truck loads of them end up in our oceans each year. 

Trump administration clears the way for logging in America's "crown jewel" national forest

Alaska's old-growth Tongass National Forest—home to trees as old as America itself—is now just a step away from devastating logging.

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News Release | Environment America

Statement: Dirty Water Rule puts the Okefenokee Swamp at risk

Under the Trump administration’s rule removing Clean Water Act protections for thousands of wetlands and streams, a titanium mining operation will be allowed to proceed near the Okefenokee Swamp in southeast Georgia without federal permits. The Army Corps of Engineers ruled that most of the wetlands impacted by the mine are no longer protected by the Clean Water Act.  

News Release | Environment America

Statement: Dirty Water Rule puts the Okefenokee Swamp at risk

Under the Trump administration’s rule removing Clean Water Act protections for thousands of wetlands and streams, a titanium mining operation will be allowed to proceed near the Okefenokee Swamp in southeast Georgia without federal permits. The Army Corps of Engineers ruled that most of the wetlands impacted by the mine are no longer protected by the Clean Water Act.  

News Release | Environment America

Statement: Dirty Water Rule puts the Okefenokee Swamp at risk

Under the Trump administration’s rule removing Clean Water Act protections for thousands of wetlands and streams, a titanium mining operation will be allowed to proceed near the Okefenokee Swamp in southeast Georgia without federal permits. The Army Corps of Engineers ruled that most of the wetlands impacted by the mine are no longer protected by the Clean Water Act.  

News Release | Environment America Research & Policy Center

New report shows decade of U.S. renewable energy progress

 In 2019, the U.S. produced over 30 times more solar power and more than triple the amount of wind energy than it did in 2010, according to a new report from Environment America Research & Policy Center.

Report | Environment America Research & Policy Center

Renewables on the Rise 2020

Clean energy is sweeping across America and is poised for more dramatic growth in the coming years. Wind and solar energy were just beginning to take off ten years ago; today, they are everyday parts of America’s energy landscape.

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Coronavirus update

Our work to defend the environment can’t stop and won’t stop in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. We’ll keep advocating on your behalf — at a safe social distance — for clean air, clean water, clean energy, wildlife and open spaces, and a livable climate.